FEED Area Engineering Lead – Nuclear Projects (Hybrid)

NRL Recruitment; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NRL Recruitment is seeking an experienced FEED Area Engineering Manager for major nuclear programmes during the FEED phase. Based in Warrington with hybrid working and site attendance at Sellafield as required.

The role requires leading multidisciplinary teams, defining engineering scope, and delivering robust, compliant solutions while managing risk and stakeholder engagement across safety and construction functions. Immediate 12-month contract with experience-based rate.

Qualifications

• Significant engineering leadership experience in a highly regulated industry.
• Proven experience managing multidisciplinary FEED or early-phase project teams.
• Expertise in requirements development, engineering governance and design assurance.
• Strong capability in optioneering, risk management and technical scoping.
• Confident stakeholder manager, influencing senior technical and project leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams through FEED activities across multiple projects.
• Define and mature engineering scope, delivering strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Develop technically robust and legally compliant engineering solutions that are fit for purpose.
• Drive requirements definition, option development, and engineering substantiation.
• Oversee stakeholder engagement across disciplines, operations, safety and construction.
• Facilitate optioneering and Value Management to identify optimal engineering approaches.
• Ensure solutions are ready for transition into detailed design and delivery stages.
• Manage engineering scope, ensuring alignment with programme milestones and budgets.

Skills

Engineering leadership

FEED experience

Optioneering

Stakeholder management

Regulated industry

Technical scoping

Education

Engineering degree

Chartered Engineer

Tools

Systems Engineering

Job description

NRL Recruitment is seeking an experienced FEED Area Engineering Manager for major nuclear programmes during the FEED phase. Based in Warrington with hybrid working and site attendance at Sellafield as required.

The role requires leading multidisciplinary teams, defining engineering scope, and delivering robust, compliant solutions while managing risk and stakeholder engagement across safety and construction functions. Immediate 12-month contract with experience-based rate.